The Great Rebellion: A History of the Civil War in the United States, Volume 1National Tribune, 1898 - UNITED STATES--HISTORY--CIVIL WAR, 1861-1865 |
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... side of camp life . Napoleon and His Marshals . By J. T. Headley . Illustrated . Historic Homes of Washington . By Mary S. Lockwood . Public Buildings of Washington . By Kate B. Sherwood . Si Klegg as a Veteran . One of the most popular ...
... side of camp life . Napoleon and His Marshals . By J. T. Headley . Illustrated . Historic Homes of Washington . By Mary S. Lockwood . Public Buildings of Washington . By Kate B. Sherwood . Si Klegg as a Veteran . One of the most popular ...
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... side of freedom . But just at this critical period , a few violent abolitionists commenced a fierce crusade against slavery and slaveholders . This alarmed the timid , lest emancipation should end in insurrection ; and enraged oth- ers ...
... side of freedom . But just at this critical period , a few violent abolitionists commenced a fierce crusade against slavery and slaveholders . This alarmed the timid , lest emancipation should end in insurrection ; and enraged oth- ers ...
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... sides . Gun now answered gun in quick succession , and for the next four hours , the heavy , deafening explosions were like a continuous clap of thunder . Forty - seven mortars and large cannon directed their fire against the fort , and ...
... sides . Gun now answered gun in quick succession , and for the next four hours , the heavy , deafening explosions were like a continuous clap of thunder . Forty - seven mortars and large cannon directed their fire against the fort , and ...
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... sides . The barracks again and again caught fire , but each time were extinguished , chiefly through the energy and daring of Mr. Hart , a New York volunteer . The car- tridges were soon exhausted , when the men made them of their shirt ...
... sides . The barracks again and again caught fire , but each time were extinguished , chiefly through the energy and daring of Mr. Hart , a New York volunteer . The car- tridges were soon exhausted , when the men made them of their shirt ...
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... sides was doomed to a terrible disappointment , The proclamation of the President was met on the part of Davis of the ... side should succeed , she was certainly to consti- tuté the chief battle ground , and must be ruined in the con- It ...
... sides was doomed to a terrible disappointment , The proclamation of the President was met on the part of Davis of the ... side should succeed , she was certainly to consti- tuté the chief battle ground , and must be ruined in the con- It ...
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